Gene D. Phillips

Gene D. Phillips, S.J. (born 1935) is an American author, educator, and Catholic priest.^[1][2] Phillips has been a prolific author of biographical books on filmmakers, and has published extended interviews with many filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang,^[3] and Joseph Losey.

Phillips was raised near Springfield, Ohio. He received his A.B. and M.A. (1957) degrees from Loyola University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Fordham University in 1970.^[4] Phillips is a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), and was ordained a priest in 1965.^[2] His decision to become a Jesuit at age 17 was strongly affected by his viewing of the film The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) as a boy.^[1] Since 1970 Phillips has taught at Loyola University of Chicago. He has written or edited more than 20 books on filmmakers and film (see bibliography); several of these have been reviewed by major newspapers.^[5][6][7]

Phillips has served on juries at the Cannes, Berlin, and Chicago International Film Festivals. He has been a member of the editorial board for the journal Literature/Film Quarterly since its founding in 1973;^[2] this journal claims to be "the longest standing international journal devoted to the study of adaptation" (i.e. the adaptation of literature to film).^[8]

Bibliography

• The Movie Makers: Artists in an Industry. Burnham Inc Pub. 1973. ISBN 978-0-911012-43-9. 
• Graham Greene: Films of His Fiction. Teachers' College Press. 1974. ISBN 978-0-8077-2376-0. 
• Stanley Kubrick: A Film Odyssey. Popular Library. 1977. ISBN 978-0-445-04101-1. 
• Evelyn Waugh's Officers, Gentlemen, and Rogues: The Fact Behind His Fiction. Nelson-Hall Publishers. 1977. ISBN 978-0-88229-495-7.  Reviewed by James F. Carens.^[9]
• Ken Russell. Twayne. 1979. ISBN 978-0-8057-9266-9. 
• The Films of Tennessee Williams. Art Alliance Pr. 1980. ISBN 978-0-87982-025-1. 
• Hemingway and Film. Ungar Publishing Co. 1980. ISBN 978-0-8044-6644-8. 
• John Schlesinger. Twayne Publishers. 1981. ISBN 978-0-8057-9280-5. 
• George Cukor. Twayne. 1982. ISBN 978-0-8057-9286-7. 
• Alfred Hitchcock. Twayne. 1984. ISBN 978-0-8057-9301-7.  Reviewed by Karen Jaehne.^[10] Subscription required.
• Fiction, Film and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Loyola University Press. 1986. ISBN 978-0-8294-0500-2. 
• Conrad and Cinema: The Art of Adaptation. Peter Lang. 1997. ISBN 978-0-8204-3915-0. 
• Exiles in Hollywood: Major European Film Directors in America. Lehigh University Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-934223-49-2. 
• Major Film Directors of the American and British Cinema. Lehigh University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-934223-59-1. 
• Creatures of Darkness: Raymond Chandler, Detective Fiction, and Film Noir. University Press of Kentucky. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8131-9042-6.  Reviewed by A. Mary Murphy.^[11]
• Fiction, Film, and Faulkner: The Art of Adaptation. Univ. of Tennessee Press. 2001. ISBN 978-1-57233-166-2. 
• (editor) Stanley Kubrick: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. 2001. ISBN 978-1-57806-297-3. 
• (edited with Rodney Hill) The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick. Checkmark Books. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8160-4389-7.  Reviewed by Richard Schickel.^[6]
• Godfather: The Intimate Francis Ford Coppola. University Press of Kentucky. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8131-2304-2.  Reviewed by Richard Simon Chang.^[5]
• (edited with Rodney Hill) Francis Ford Coppola: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi. 2004. ISBN 978-1-57806-666-7. 
• Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean. University Press of Kentucky. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8131-2415-5.  Reviewed by Gregory McNamee.^[7]
• Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder. University Press of Kentucky. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8131-2570-1.  Reviewed by Laurence Raw.^[12]

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